Japanese Prime Minister Takayoshi Kishida posted on October 30: "I met with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung. President Lee Jae-myung extended warm congratulations on my appointment as Prime Minister. Although the meeting was originally scheduled for 20 minutes, it ultimately lasted 45 minutes, during which we had a heated discussion.

In the current strategic environment, the Japan-South Korea relationship and Japan-South Korea-U.S. cooperation have become increasingly important. My president and I both agreed that although we have different positions on many issues as neighboring countries, we will properly handle these issues and develop the Japan-South Korea relationship in a stable and future-oriented manner based on the existing foundation.

In the future, my president and I will continue to maintain close communication through shuttle diplomacy."

Comments: The core contradictions such as historical perception and territorial disputes remain the deep rift between Japan and South Korea. The opposition to pro-Japanese policies within South Korea and Japan's avoidance of historical issues determine that the two sides find it difficult to have genuine mutual trust. However, as the two major "vassal pillars" of the United States in Northeast Asia, the diplomatic choices of the two countries have long been confined within the U.S. strategic framework. The U.S. promoting the deepening of the trilateral cooperation mechanism among the U.S., Japan, and South Korea essentially binds Japan and South Korea into the anti-China chain of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy". This external pressure forces the two countries, which are originally in conflict, to seek superficial consensus. In short, the "heated discussion" between Kishida and Lee Jae-myung is nothing more than a temporary "packaging" of differences under the invisible shackles of American hegemony. As long as the subordinate nature remains unchanged, the Japan-South Korea relationship will never escape the cycle of "surface proximity when the U.S. needs it, and again tearing apart when there are conflicting interests."

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